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1945 Chicago Cubs Season
The 1945 Chicago Cubs season was the 74th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 70th in the National League and the 30th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs won the National League pennant with a record of 98–56, 3 games ahead of the second-place St. Louis Cardinals. The team went on to the 1945 World Series, which they lost to the Detroit Tigers in seven games. This was the Cubs last postseason appearance until 1984. It would take 71 years before the Cubs made it to another World Series. Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Roster Player stats Batting Starters by position ''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Other batters ''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in'' Pitching Starting pitchers ''Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two MLB franchises. It first opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park for Charles Weeghman's Chicago Whales of the Federal League, which folded after the 1915 baseball season. The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired the Cubs in 1921. It was named Cubs Park from 1920 to 1926, before being renamed Wrigley Field in 1927. The current seating capacity is 41,649. It is actually the second stadium to be named Wrigley Field, as a Los Angeles ballpark with the same name opened in 1925. In the North Side community area of Lakeview in the Wrigleyville neighborhood, Wrigley Field is on an irregular block bounded by Clark and Addison streets to the west and south, and Waveland and Sheffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Comellas
Jorge Comellas (December 7, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was a Cuban pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is locate ... during the 1945 season. Listed at 6' 0", 190 lb., he batted and threw right handed. External links 1916 births 2001 deaths Algodoneros de Torreón players Chicago Cubs players Fort Lauderdale Braves players Greenville Spinners players Havana Cubans players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Major League Baseball players from Cuba Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball pitchers Mexican League baseball pitchers Pittsfield Electrics players Portsmouth Cubs players Salisbury Cardinals players Salisbury Indians players Salisbury Senators pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gillespie
Paul Allen Gillespie (September 18, 1920 – August 11, 1970) was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs in 1942, 1944, and 1945. A native of the Sugar Valley Community in Bartow County, Georgia, he stood and weighed 195 lbs. Gillespie is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He was a key reserve on the Chicago Cubs pennant-winning team in 1945. That was his best season, as he appeared in 75 games and hit .288 with three home runs, 25 runs batted in, and 12 runs scored. He played great defense, making just two errors in 45 appearances at catcher. Gillespie include hit a home run in his first major league at bat, doing so against the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds on September 11, 1942. He also hit a home run in his final regular season major league at bat, on September 29, 1945, against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field. Gillespie and John Miller are the only two players in major league history to do both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hank Wyse
Henry Washington Wyse (March 1, 1917 – October 22, 2000) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Between 1942 and 1951, Wyse played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs (1942–47), Philadelphia Athletics (1950–51) and Washington Senators (1951). A native of Lunsford, Craighead County, Arkansas, he was listed as tall and and he batted and threw right-handed. Baseball career A control pitcher, Wyse was a sinkerballer and a curve specialist. Wyse was nicknamed "Hooks" in acknowledgment of his curveball, described by Wyse biographer Gregory Wolf as "knee-buckling". Wyse suffered a spinal injury that kept him from serving in World War II. As a result, he wore a corset at times to pitch. Wyse debuted for the Chicago Cubs on September 7, 1942, and would remain a Cub thru the 1947 season. Wyse also pitched in the American League with the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators for parts of two seasons, playing his final game in the major leagues on Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lon Warneke
Lonnie Warneke (March 28, 1909 – June 23, 1976) (pronounced WARN-a-key), nicknamed "The Arkansas Hummingbird", was a Major League Baseball player, Major League umpire, county judge, and businessman from Montgomery County, Arkansas, whose career won-loss record as a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1930–36, 1942–43, 1945) and St. Louis Cardinals (1937–42) was 192–121. Warneke pitched for the National League in the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 1933, hitting the first triple and scoring the first National League run in All-Star game history. He pitched in two other All-Star Games (1934, 1936) and was also selected in 1939 and 1941. Warneke pitched in two World Series for the Cubs (1932, 1935), compiling a record of 2–1, with a 2.63 earned run average (ERA). He pitched a no-hitter for the Cardinals on August 30, 1941; opened the 1934 season with back to back one-hitters (April 17 and 22); and set a Major League Baseball fielding record for pitchers (since e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hy Vandenberg
Harold Harris "Hy" Vandenberg (March 17, 1906 – July 31, 1994) born in Abilene, Kansas, was a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (1935), New York Giants (1937–40) and Chicago Cubs (1944–45). Vandenberg helped the Giants win the 1937 National League pennant and the Cubs win the 1945 NL pennant. In 7 seasons Vandenberg had a 15–10 win–loss record, 90 games (22 started), 7 complete games, 1 shutout, 43 games finished, 5 saves, 291 innings pitched, 304 hits allowed, 166 runs allowed, 140 earned runs allowed, 17 home runs allowed, 128 walks allowed, 120 strikeouts, 6 hit batsmen, 4 wild pitches, 1,277 batters faced and a 4.32 ERA. Vandenberg died of cancer in Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, on the north bank of the Minnesota River, above its confluence with the Mississippi River, south of downtown Minneapolis. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 89,987, m ... at the age of 88. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Stewart
William Macklin Stewart (September 23, 1914 – March 21, 1960) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played during 1944 and 1945 for the Chicago Cubs. Stewart's only MLB decision came on May 29, 1945, when the Cubs hosted the Brooklyn Dodgers at Wrigley Field. Stewart was the starting pitcher In baseball (hardball or softball), a starting pitcher or starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pit ..., but allowed 6 runs in only 2 innings; the Cubs would lose 10–3. References External links 1914 births 1960 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Chicago Cubs players Baseball players from Alabama People from Stevenson, Alabama Nashville Vols players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Starr
Raymond Francis Starr (April 23, 1906 – February 9, 1963) was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1932 to 1945. Starr was named to the All-Star team in 1942. He would play for the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Chicago Cubs. Although born in Nowata, Oklahoma, Starr lived most of his life in Centralia, Illinois. After baseball he opened "Ray Starr's Home Plate", a local eatery. He died in 1963, aged 56, of an apparent heart attack in Baylis, Illinois Baylis is a village in Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 200 at the 2010 census. Geography Baylis is located at (39.728579, -90.908144). According to the 2010 census, Baylis has a total area of , all land. Demographics .... References External links * 1906 births 1963 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers National League All-Stars St. Louis Cardinals players New York Giants (NL) players B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Signer
Walter Donald Aloysius Signer (October 12, 1910 – July 23, 1974) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1943 and 1945. The , right-hander was a native of New York City. Signer is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut on September 18, 1943, starting the second game of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman's Park. Signer and the Cubs were shut out 5–0 by 29-year-old rookie Al Brazle. Signer's first major league win came as a relief pitcher in an 8–7 victory over the Philadelphia Blue Jays at Wrigley Field (September 23, 1943). His best game as a big leaguer was on October 1, 1943 when he pitched a complete game 3–1 win at home vs. the Boston Braves. Two years later, in 1945, Signer pitched six games in relief for the Cubs with no starts. His career totals include 10 games pitched, 2 starts, a complete game, a 2–1 record with 3 game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Prim
Raymond Lee Prim (December 30, 1906 – April 29, 1995), nicknamed "Pop", was an American pitcher who played Major League Baseball during the 1930s and 1940s. During his professional career, he also pitched for the Los Angeles Angels of the AAA-Class Pacific Coast League (PCL). In 2005, the PCL Hall of Fame elected Prim as a member. Throughout the years 1933 and 1946 he appeared, during six the prior mentioned years, in at least one Major League game. He played for the Washington Senators, for the Philadelphia Phillies, and for the Chicago Cubs while at the Major League level. While with the Cubs, Prim won the 1945 National League ERA title. Prim started one game in the 1945 World Series, appeared in another, and lost his only decision. In 116 Major League games, he won 22 games and lost 21 games and recorded 161 strikeouts. As a minor league player, Prim won 150 games and posted a career ERA of 3.00 in over 2,000 games. Early life Prim was born in Salitpa, Alabama, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Passeau
Claude William Passeau (April 9, 1909 – August 30, 2003) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1935 through 1947, Passeau played with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1935), Philadelphia Phillies (1936–39) and Chicago Cubs (1939–47). He batted and threw right-handed. In a 13-year career, Passeau posted a 162–150 record with 1,104 strikeouts and a 3.32 ERA in 2,179 innings. Personal life Passeau was a native of Waynesboro, Mississippi. He was a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, where he joined Kappa Sigma. Passeau was considered the finest college quarterback in Mississippi, but he chose to pursue an athletic career in professional baseball rather than football after graduation. Baseball career Passeau started his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, then played for several years with the Philadelphia Phillies at their notorious "bandbox" ballpark, Baker Bowl, before being traded to the Chicago Cubs, where he had several winning seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hennessey
George Hennessey (October 28, 1907 – January 15, 1988) was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1937 to 1945. Born in Slatington, Pennsylvania, he played for the St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs. Hennessey died in Princeton, New Jersey Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of w ..., aged 80. References External links , oRetrosheet 1907 births 1988 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers St. Louis Browns players Philadelphia Phillies players Chicago Cubs players York White Roses players Nashville Vols players Ozark Eagles players Trenton Packers players Shreveport Sports players Trenton Senators players Northern Lehigh High School alumni Baseball players from Pennsylvania Federalsburg A's playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
